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Urine therapy briefing for scientists

Kook-Hee Kang

Senior Research Fellow, ReSEAT Program, Korea Institute of Science and Technology information, 66, Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu,
Seoul, 130-741, Republic of Korea

ABSTRACT
Urine is a gift of God for the health of human being in proverbs of the Old Testament in Hindu. Urine
therapy (UT) is not a mysterious folk remedy, it is doctor's examined prescription based on modern
science and UT is recommended strongly with absolute confidence. It is effective and amazing to a
number of incurables such as chronic fatigue, lingering, a cold, nose allergy, diabetes, high blood pressure,
and gout. Also, UT is applied not only for human beings but also for animals, the latter including amazing
effects for pigs and cows. The purpose of this manuscript is to help change the misunderstandings of urine
and UT and to help reader realize it is one of the helpful alternative remedies.

Keywords Urine therapy, traditional medicine, public health, stockbreeding application

INTRODUCTION 4th World Conference on Urine Therapy.” and reported in

Urine is a gift of God for the health of human beings in
Proverbs of the Old Testament 5:15; Revelation of the New
Testament 22:17; Phrases 107 in the Mahabharata of the Hindu
religion. Urine therapy (UT) is not a mysterious folk remedy. It
is the prescription examined by doctor based on modern
science in many countries. The first record for the diagnostic
and therapeutic approaches of urine was considered from India,
and exist in many other regions such as Tibet, Mexico,
Australia, China, Egypt, Greece, and ancient Rome (Savica et
al., 2011) Especially after the work of Dr. Armstrong, a
physician in England (Amstrong, 1944), many scientists are
interested in UT such as Japanese physician Nakao who wrote
“The Miracle of Urine Therapy” Makino Publishing Co., Japan,
and surgeon Dr. Sano, Korean physicians Dr. Seong and Dr.
Lee who wrote “Urine Therapy,” Chaekwabut Publishing co.,
Korea. They recommended strongly UT with absolute
confidence (Kang, 1998). Human urine is just like the engine
oil of an automobile and lubricant of a machine. It is effective
in the prevention of diseases for healthy people and recovery
for patients. Therefore, human urine is a biomedicine that is
pollution free. As a remedy, it is effective and amazing to
incurable issues such as chronic fatigue, a cold, nasal allergies,
diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, pimples,
skin disease, constipation, athlete's foot, venereal diseases,
women's diseases, leprosy, tuberculosis, leukemia, spinal
cancer, hepatic cancer, larynx cancer, pancreas cancer, colony
cancer, blood cancer, kidney cancer, colitis, nephritis, pyorrhea
alveolaris, alveolitis, digestive trouble, duodenitis, hepatitis,
hemorrhoids, burns, eruptions by food poisoning, pain in the
shoulders and waist, migraines and gout. (Christy, 1994)
Furthermore, UT is applied not only for human beings but also
on animals. It shows amazing effects in the swine and cattle
industries as suggested in “The Book of Abstracts-Second
World Conference on Urine Therapy” and “The Abstracts of
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Correspondence: Kook-Hee Kang
E-mail: kauthead@gmail.com
Received August 22, 2012; Accepted November 21, 2012; Published
Novemver 30, 2012
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5667/tang.2012.0033
© 2012 by Association of Humanitas Medicine
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research papers of Awale et al. (2006) and Jain et al. (2010).
UT has a long history in the world. It has been written in
the Hindu and Buddhist scriptures in detail thousands of years
ago. Also, in Korea, the famous scholar Hur Joon presented UT
in his medical book “Donguibogam” 500 years ago, which is
listed on the UNESCO culture index. More recently John
Armstrong from the UK and Dr. Ryoichi Nakao from Japan,
both medical doctors who have studied modern medicine,
strongly prescribe UT in their books ‘The Water of Life’ and
‘From Cold to Cancer’ respectively. These days UT is being
promoted as an important alternative medicine in Korea. (Kang,
1998)
Conferences of UT
The former Prime Minister Desai of India in 1977, a nation of
over 700 million people, was interviewed by the New York
Times in 1981 and stated that he drank a cup of urine for health
in the morning for breakfast instead of eating a meal. He
became a world hero for UT and participants at the triennial
world conferences conduct a prayer for him at those meetings. I
think he lived his life with a high spirit and courage. He was 99
when he died. After this interview, the world became interested
in UT with several world conferences.
The first world conference was held in Goa, India in 1996.
Over 600 participants from 40 countries attended. It was
appropriate that the first UT conference was held in India due
to India’s long history and practice of UT. After the first world
conference was held in India, the renewed interest in UT
gathered significant momentum around the world. The 2nd
Conference was held in Germany in 1999 and was published in
The Book of Abstracts-Second World Conference on Urine
Therapy, Germany. Dr. Nakao, former Chairman of the Japan
Doctors’ Association, also presented a key lecture on the
miracle of the untold story of UT (Savica et al., 2011). Many
doctors also presented their testimonials with UT they used to
cure chronic illnesses (Christy, 1994). At this conference UT
was approved by medical science. I also attended this
conference and gave a lecture on the application of UT at a pig
farm (Kang, 1998). The pork quality from feeding urine had
been improved to a higher grade. Also Carmen Thomas, who
was a famous announcer for a radio station in Germany,
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collected numerous testimonials about urine mania on UT
during many years and published a book in 1992. This book
was published in 34 editions in 4 years and sold over 1 million
copies as of 1999. She is well known to the people of Germany.
The 3rd Conference was held in Brazil 2003 and was very
successful. Dr. Fatima, the chairman of the conference, is a
medical doctor. The 4th world conference on UT was held in
Korea and resulted in the “The Abstracts of 4th World
Conference on Urine Therapy” in 2006. Over 300 attendees
from 20 countries joined us for the conference. The 5th
conference was held at Mexico and was made into a CD in
November 2009.
Applications of UT
For a nation’s military forces, urine is an important resource for
survival during emergency conditions, such as confinement by
an enemy or isolation from others when food and drink are not
available. Even worse is the critical loneliness such as created
by a natural disaster when help is not available. Lieutenant
General Ryu, former Commanding General, Republic of Korea
Army Training Headquarters, understands that in a critical
emergency a soldier using UT could survive a disaster
compared to other soldiers uninformed about UT. It has been
reported that the US Army has made urine a key ingredient
soldiers should know when using rehydrated meals. A BBC
news report of July 22, 2004 states, ‘The US military has
devised a way to ensure its troops in battle need never go
hungry - with dried food that can be rehydrated using dirty
water or URINE.’ In the absence of water, urine could be used.
Although the last statement mentions ‘long term it would cause
kidney damage.’ However, there is no evidence that this
statement is true. In fact, long term drinking of one’s own urine
does not cause any damage, but aids in tissue reformation.
(Kang, 1998)
Peoples are living in a modern era, but natural disasters are
occurring at an alarming rate. They may find themselves in
unknown circumstances such as a sudden natural disaster, an
earthquake, a volcanic eruption, a tsunami, or an accident.
When they find themselves in an emergency situation, the urine
may just be their life water. It is seen in survival stories of
individuals in collapsed buildings, buried alive in coal or gold
mines or lost at sea for days only to survive their ordeal by
drinking their own urine. That is a testament to the life-giving
properties of urine.
In the 21st century, there are still numerous varieties of
incurable illnesses such as cancers, pandemic flu, AIDS,
obesity, skin diseases, constipation, melancholy and tinnitus.
There is no way by conventional medicines to cure them for
complete healing, rapid healing, healing without pain, and
healing without cost. Therefore, many of us are looking for
traditional and natural therapies such as urine as a cure. UT is
really convenient to use. Urine is produced by one’s own body.
It can be used free anytime and anywhere when needed.
Actually, it is being confused with much false medical
information such as the swine flu scare ‘false pandemic’ led by
the WHO and drug firms (Kang, 1998). With the overflow of
medical misinformation, it is believed that UT can keep one
happy and free from the fear syndrome. The Sun News of Jan
11, 2010 tells us that the swine flu outbreak was a 'false
pandemic,’ said Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the
Council of Europe January 8, 2010. That was great news but
remember the fear that people might have suffered due to the
misinformation. Also, remember the added precautions taken in
public areas, especially at airports, when travelling from one
country to another. The USA recently destroyed $250 million
worth of swine flu vaccinations due to a projected expiration
date to permit newer vaccines to be created by the medical
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pharmaceutical companies.
Thousands of people are suffering every day from AIDS,
malaria, allergies, pandemic flu, etc. Whether they would be
infected or not, depends on their immune system. If someone’s
immune system is fully activated, any kinds of illnesses will be
recovered. One’s own urine definitely helps improve one’s
immune system activation (Kang, 1998)
In this century obesity is a global problem. Obesity does
not discriminate on race, gender or age. Fortunately, UT is very
helpful to decrease weight without any side effects. Obesity in
the USA is a big problem as shown on this slide. Young people
who would love to serve their nation in the US Armed Forces
would not be accepted if they were obese.
UT has a lot of testimonials and medical-based evidence.
However, it has been embedded in our minds that urine is a
waste product and dirty to touch with our hands. Babies from
birth as they grow into childhood have been repeatedly told that
urine is dirty, filthy and they shouldn’t touch it or get it on them.
What is needed is reeducation of the human race on the content
and properties of urine. Urine is ‘Algoboni,’ the water of life,
suggested by Dr. Armstrong in 1944 and as he says, ‘your own
perfect medicine.’ (Amstrong, 1944; Kang, 1998)
Humans have been nurtured by three kinds of bio waters
(Kang, 1998):
1) Amniotic fluid for nurturing the fetus;
2) Mother’s milk for baby after birth;
3) Urine for our adult immune system.
These life waters are all natural substances and not
commercially produced by humans. Of course commercial
products are used such as:
1) Incubators at hospitals for early delivery of the fetus;
2) Powdered milk for babies produced by food companies;
3)Medicines from pharmaceutical companies through
hospitals and pharmacies.
But commercial products could be impossible to compare
with the natural properties of herbs and other alternative
practices that cure ailments that modern medicine cannot yet
answer.
UT in modern times
Urine is really a clean liquid produced by our bodies and by
nano-sized filters in the kidneys. Urine is clearer than blood.
Actually, there are no dirty components in urine. They are all
nutrients, enzymes, minerals, antioxidants, antibodies,
bioactive substances, etc. and all good for one’s health. Some
medicines contain elements extracted and purified from urine
that are used in hospitals as commercial products. Urine from
cattle and horses is used in the manufacturing of medicines for
human consumption (Awale et al., 2006; Jain et al., 2010).
In the hospital, people hope for recovery as soon as
possible without pain. But modern medicine is not always
successful in curing all illnesses. UT, however, heals a variety
of common illnesses without pain or cost. In fact, there are
repeated testimonies from many people who stated that they
enjoyed rapid healing and complete healing from UT; the
recovery that they had hoped for when they initially went to the
hospital for modern medical treatment. If one has an accident
such as a bone fracture or some other ailment that needs
surgery, then urgently go to the doctor or hospital. However,
using UT may well cure other illnesses that have not been
cured through modern medical practices. Urine is usually
thought dirty and UT may be heard that the ridicule from others
saying, ‘UGH, your using your urine, that’s nasty!’ In addition
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to urine’s effectiveness, little do these people know that UT is a CONFLICT OF INTEREST

way to cure an illness rapidly, completely, without pain and it
provides one’s own immune liquid (Kang, 1998).
The author has no conflicting financial interests.
For astronauts, water is life. In this photo, they are talking
with NASA control center. It was reported that they drink
recycled and filtered urine because the urine is dirty. But, there
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